--- title: ‘Then you can rot at the bottom of the sea, both of you,’ said the o… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Then you can rot at the bottom of the sea, both of you,’ said the old woman; ‘and perhaps it may be the case that your mother would rather keep the two sons she has than the one she hasn’t got yet.’ Who acts: you, old woman, sea, mother. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, old woman, sea, mother), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg5615:25:98 # text = ‘Then you can rot at the bottom of the sea, both of you,’ said the old woman; ‘and perhaps it may be the case that your mother would rather keep the two sons she has than the one she hasn’t got yet.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 rot rot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 8 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 23 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 32 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 rather rather ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 47 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 yet yet ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rot** | can | you | | | the bottom of the sea | then | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the old woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | may | sea | the case | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** | would | your mother | that | | | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Theme son=Attribute | | 5 | **have** | present | woman | the two sons *not said here* | | | | than the one | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 6 | **not** **get** | present · perfect | woman | the one *not said here* | | | yet | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/97/) - next →: [sentence 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/99/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/)